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Mesoscale Discussion 1501

July 24, 201320 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 11 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2013, 12:48 PM CDT for 20 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 11 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2013, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2013, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 47 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 5:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Mobile, Washington	3 hr
Jul 24, 12:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banks, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Madison and 3 more	87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.